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Use Of Subordination In English Second Language Texts, Susan L. Nesbitt Perez
Use Of Subordination In English Second Language Texts, Susan L. Nesbitt Perez
Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)
This study investigates features of high-level academic writing in English with the aim of understanding the development of L2 English learners' academic writing skills as they follow a course of study in an English-speaking country. The study focuses on L2 writers' text quality and use of clause subordinators as a measure of writing complexity. The typology of the writers' L1s provides the organizational framework for the study, with three language typology groupings determined by a writer's L1 word order tendency: (1) configurational languages, (2) nonconfigurational languages, and (3) Asian languages.